Ponant partners with catering centre Ducasse Conseil

Luxury French cruise line Ponant has announced that it is joining forces with Ducasse Conseil, a catering centre of excellence run by Alain Ducasse Entreprise.

In its quest for culinary excellence the cruise line has chosen to work with Ducasse Conseil, the Alain Ducasse Entreprise expert consulting arm. Established in 2000, Ducasse Conseil offers businesses support on strategy, operations and finance to assist with the redesign or creation of catering services.

The partnership will include auditing, culinary concept creation and training for all the cruise line’s chefs. The ambition of the programme is to provide consistently high levels of service and cuisine across all of the cruise line’s restaurants.

Ponant‘s Chief Executive Officer, Jean-Emmanuel Sauvée, said: “This collaboration will raise Ponant’s culinary standards to a new level to better meet the highest expectations of our very discerning French and international passengers.”

Carole Pourchet, Managing Director of Alain Ducasse Entreprise which is in charge of Ducasse Conseil, said: “We are very proud to be involved with Ponant in this venture to promote French excellence. We will be putting the talents of all our chefs on the project, together with our expertise in on-board catering and our passion for contemporary French cuisine.”